Editing Hugh Hefner (section)

==Depictions==
The [[Amazon Prime Video|Amazon original series]] ''[[American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story]]'' was released in April 2017. It stars [[Matt Whelan]] in the title role, along with [[Emmett Skilton]] and [[Chelsie Preston Crayford]]. The ten episodes are a combination of interviews, archival footage (including moments found in Hefner's vast personal collection), and cinematic re-enactments that cover the launch of the magazine as well as the next six decades of Hefner's personal life and career. The series was filmed in [[Auckland]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=11693991|title=Secrecy surrounds Hugh Hefner TV Show Shot in Auckland|publisher=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |date=August 15, 2016|access-date=22 April 2018|archive-date=March 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327102133/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=11693991|url-status=live}}</ref>

In October 2017, Playboy Enterprises announced that a Hugh Hefner biopic directed by [[Brett Ratner]] with the screenplay by [[Jeff Nathanson]] was greenlit with [[Jared Leto]] rumored to play Hefner.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-41485999|title=Jared Leto to star in Hugh Hefner biopic|work=[[BBC News]] |date=October 3, 2017|access-date=July 21, 2018|archive-date=October 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181019211134/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-41485999|url-status=live}}</ref> In November 2017, it was indefinitely put on hold following sexual harassment allegations against Ratner, and Leto's representatives stated that reports of him being attached to the film at any point were false.<ref>{{cite web|first=Dan|last=Zinski|url=https://screenrant.com/brett-ratner-hugh-hefner-biopic-delayed/|title=Brett Ratner's Hugh Hefner Biopic is Dead in the Water|website=[[Screen Rant]]|date=November 1, 2017|access-date=November 2, 2017|archive-date=November 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171102015844/https://screenrant.com/brett-ratner-hugh-hefner-biopic-delayed/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.koreabiomed.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=7241|title=Samsung BioLogics annual sales up 30% on contract research growth|date=January 23, 2020|publisher=[[Korea Biomedical Review]]|access-date=July 29, 2020|archive-date=July 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728201904/http://www.koreabiomed.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=7241|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Anthony|last=D'Alessandro|date=November 1, 2017|url=https://deadline.com/2017/11/jared-leto-not-playing-hugh-hefner-in-brett-ratner-movie-after-sexual-harassment-allegations-1202199559/|title=Playboy Pic Dead: Jared Leto Says He Never Intended To Play Hugh Hefner|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|access-date=July 29, 2020|archive-date=June 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612131344/https://deadline.com/2017/11/jared-leto-not-playing-hugh-hefner-in-brett-ratner-movie-after-sexual-harassment-allegations-1202199559/|url-status=live}}</ref>